Kalikal Sarvagna Hemchandracharya

Author(s): Anandsagarsuri, Sagaranandsuri
Publisher: Manav Mangal Bombay

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brought from Malwa to Gujarat and this included valuable volumes from the vast literature available in Malwa. One day Siddharaj carefully went through all this literature and came across a volume of Sanskrit grammar, named 'Saraswati Kanthabharan', written and compiled by famous Malwa Naresh Bhojraj himself.
Siddharaj enquired and found that there was no such grammar in Gujarat. He inspired his pandits to write one but none of them took up the challenge. One of them suggested, "Such grammar can be compiled only by Acharya Hemchandrasoori, who is competent to write on such a complicated subject."
The King told the Acharya :
AT TH na willa:, quzi a farlo ! विश्वलोकोपकाराय, कुरु व्याकरणं नवम् ॥'
"O leader of Munis ! For the benefit of all, please compile an improved book on sanskrit grammar. This will raise my name and spread your fame. And both of us will be doing a beneficial job - a Punya Karya."
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